Kyle Matthew Blackburn, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Kentucky College of Medicine (2014)
- Residency
- UT Southwestern Medical Center - Neurology Residen (2018), Neurology
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (2020), Neuroimmunology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Autoantibodies in neurological disorders
- Autoimmune encephalitis
- Clinical trials in rare neuroimmune disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neuromyelitis optica
- Transverse myelitis
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Publications
- Cladribine tablets after treatment with natalizumab (CLADRINA) – rationale and design. Sguigna PV, Hussain RZ, Okai A, Blackburn KM, Tardo L, Madinawala M, Korich J, Lebson LA, Kaplan J, Salter A, Manouchehri N, Stuve O Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders 2024 Jan 17
- VH2+ Antigen-Experienced B Cells in the Cerebrospinal Fluid Are Expanded and Enriched in Pediatric Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. Monson N, Smith C, Greenberg H, Plumb P, Guzman A, Tse K, Chen D, Zhang W, Morgan M, Speed H, Powell C, Batra S, Cowell L, Christley S, Vernino S, Blackburn K, Greenberg B Journal of Immunology 2023 Nov 211 1332-1339
- Hero or Antagonist: A Case Series on the Tolerability of Memantine as Salvage Therapy for Catatonia from Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. Maneta EK, Wang J, Abu-Hamad SJ, Jennings M, Blackburn K, Robinson DM Harvard review of psychiatry 2023 Nov 31 281-286
- Autoimmune Encephalitis Misdiagnosis in Adults. Flanagan EP, Geschwind MD, Lopez-Chiriboga AS, Blackburn KM, Turaga S, Binks S, Zitser J, Gelfand JM, Day GS, Dunham SR, Rodenbeck SJ, Clardy SL, Solomon AJ, Pittock SJ, McKeon A, Dubey D, Zekeridou A, Toledano M, Turner LE, Vernino S, Irani SR JAMA neurology 2023 Jan 80 30-39
- A narrative review of neuro-ophthalmologic disease in African Americans and Hispanics with multiple sclerosis. Tardo L, Salter A, Truong-Le M, Horton L, Blackburn KM, Sguigna PV Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease 2023 Jan 14
- Disease associations of excessive daytime sleepiness in multiple sclerosis: A prospective study. Sguigna PV, Toranian S, Tardo LM, Blackburn KM, Horton LA, Conger D, Meltzer E, Hogan RN, McCreary M, Zee PC, Takahashi JS, Greenberg BM Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical 2023 Jan 9
- Clinical Reasoning: A 59-Year-Old Man with Thymoma and Constitutional Symptoms, Seizures, and Multifocal CNS Lesions. Stopschinski BE, Fredrich S, Vernino S, Phillips L, Blackburn KM Neurology 2022 Dec 99 1115-1121
- Refractory Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in Early Pregnancy: A Case Report of Treatment Course and Pregnancy Outcomes. Fredrich S, Wang C, Narayan R, Tardo L, Blackburn KM, Vernino S Neurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation 2022 Sep 9
- Low Recruitment in a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Ocrelizumab for Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Case Series and Review of Lessons Learned. Blackburn KM, Denney DA, Hopkins SC, Vernino SA Neurology and Therapy 2022 Jun 11 893-903
- Neuroimaging in paraneoplastic syndromes. M. Blackburn K, Vernino S 2022 Jan 955-962
- Application of the International Interocular Difference Thresholds into Practice: Localising the Patient Experience. Sguigna PV, Tardo LM, Blackburn KM, Horton LA, Conger DL, Hogan RN, McCreary MC, Greenberg BM Neuro-Ophthalmology 2022 46 375-382
- Paraneoplastic syndromes. Blackburn KM, Vernino S 2022 Jan 109-116
- Autoimmune encephalitis: Proposed recommendations for symptomatic and long-term management. Author Collaboration AE, Abboud H, Probasco JC, Irani S, Ances B, Benavides DR, Bradshaw M, Christo PP, Dale RC, Fernandez-Fournier M, Flanagan EP, Gadoth A, George P, Grebenciucova E, Jammoul A, Lee ST, Li Y, Matiello M, Morse AM, Rae-Grant A, Rojas G, Rossman I, Schmitt S, Venkatesan A, Vernino S, Pittock SJ, Titulaer MJ, Tarawneh R, Van Mater H, Muscal E, Ruhoy I, Anziska Y, Longbrake E, Benseler S, Wang C, Apperson M, Iorio R, Simabukuro MM, Zhong N, Rüegg S, Piquet A, Kuo J, Konuskan B, Frid E, Deng J, Mitchell W, Mooneyham GL, Estiasari R, Chiba Y, Alarcio M, Blackburn K Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and psychiatry 2021 Aug 92 897-907
- Autoimmune encephalitis: Proposed best practice recommendations for diagnosis and acute management. Author Collaboration AE, Abboud H, Probasco JC, Irani S, Ances B, Benavides DR, Bradshaw M, Christo PP, Dale RC, Fernandez-Fournier M, Flanagan EP, Gadoth A, George P, Grebenciucova E, Jammoul A, Lee ST, Li Y, Matiello M, Morse AM, Rae-Grant A, Rojas G, Rossman I, Schmitt S, Venkatesan A, Vernino S, Pittock SJ, Titulaer MJ, Tarawneh R, Van Mater H, Muscal E, Ruhoy I, Anziska Y, Longbrake E, Benseler S, Wang C, Apperson M, Iorio R, Simabukuro MM, Zhong N, Rüegg S, Piquet A, Kuo J, Konuskan B, Frid E, Deng J, Mitchell W, Mooneyham GL, Estiasari R, Chiba Y, Alarcio M, Blackburn K Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and psychiatry 2021 Jul 92 757-768
- Antibody Testing for Neurological Autoimmune Disorders: Evaluation of Best Practices at a Tertiary Referral Center. Fredrich SE, Vernino S, Blackburn KM Frontiers in Neurology 2021 Jun 12
- Autoimmune autonomic disorders. Golden E, Blackburn K, Vernino S 2021 Apr 347-357
- Primary peripheral T-cell central nervous system lymphoma. Bird CE, Traylor JI, Omas J, Caruso JP, Kafka B, Rosado F, Blackburn KM, Hatanpaa KJ, Abdullah KG Surgical Neurology International 2021 12
- Utilization of video oculography to quantify oculomotor dysfunction in anti-DPPX encephalitis: A case study. Blackburn K, Vernino S, Sguigna P Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 2020 Nov 46
- Revisiting Transverse Myelitis: Moving Toward a New Nomenclature. Blackburn KM, Greenberg BM Frontiers in Neurology 2020 Sep 11
- NMDA receptor antibody seropositivity in psychosis: A pilot study from the Bipolar-Schizophrenia Network for Intermediate Phenotypes (B-SNIP). Blackburn KM, Ivleva EI, Weir RA, Kim M, Hopkins SC, Hudgens-Haney ME, Keedy SK, Gershon ES, Sweeney JA, Keshavan MS, Pearlson GD, Clementz BA, Tamminga CA, Vernino S Schizophrenia Research 2020 Apr 218 318-320
- Post-infectious neurological disorders. Blackburn KM, Wang C Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders 2020 13
- Two cases of aquaporin-4 positive neuromyelitis optica associated with T-cell lymphoma. Blackburn K, Wang C, Greenberg B Journal of Neuroimmunology 2020 Jan 338
- Neurological autoimmune disorders with prominent gastrointestinal manifestations: A review of presentation, evaluation, and treatment. Blackburn KM, Kubiliun M, Harris S, Vernino S Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2019 Oct 31
- Assessing recent suicidal ideation and behavior in the adult epilepsy monitoring unit. Husari KS, Blackburn KM, Ding K, Roaten K, Hays R Epilepsy and Behavior 2019 May 94 100-103
- Relapsing-remitting chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids syndrome in association with P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channel antibody. Dubey D, Devine M, Blackburn K, Warnack W Journal of postgraduate medicine 2016 Oct 62 269-270
- Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for management of autoimmune encephalopathies. Dubey D, Blackburn K, Greenberg B, Stuve O, Vernino S Expert review of neurotherapeutics 2016 Aug 16 937-949
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Neurology (2014)
- American Neurological Association (2020)
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Awards and Honors
- Roger Rosenberg Fellow of the Year (2019), UT Southwestern
- James T. Lubin Clinician Scientist Fellowship (2018-2020), Siegel Rare Neuroimmune Association
- AAN Enhanced Leadership Program (2018)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, Inducted (2013)